Political Parties in Ghana
This year the citizens of Ghana will elect the new president as well as a new parliament. Here we present the political parties in Ghana and their electable candidate for president ship. New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), People’s National Convention (PNC), and Convention People’s Party (CPP) are by for the four most popular parties among Ghanaian people.
A candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the votes to become a president. If this will not happen on the 8th of December, it means that their will be a second round. During this second round there will only be two parties to vote.
New Patriotic Party (NPP) |
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| Candidate for president: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo | |
| NPP-USA, Inc. was incorporated in the state of New York on November 24, 2006 as a not-for- profit entity. The members of NPP-USA and its Chapters constitute the branch of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana in the USA. As a membership organization, NPP-USA aims to make Ghanaians living in the USA more engaged in the democratic processes of their home country. As a political organization it seeks to support the structures and candidates of the New Patriotic Party to win elections in Ghana. | |
| www.nppusa.org | www.akufoaddo.org |
People’s National Convention (PNC) |
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| Candidate for president: Dr. Edward N. Mahama | |
At the last elections, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, that won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, candidate of the Grand Coalition won 1.9% of the vote at the presidential elections. Dr Edward Mahama, the presidential candidate of People's National Convention, was born on April 15, 1945. He is an elected fellow of the West African College of Surgeons (1994). He was appointed a lecturer and consultant of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in 1990. Between 1985 and 1990, he was Director of Superior Medical Associates. From 1978 to 1990 Dr Mahama was a Staff Physician Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Board of Health, City of Chicago and Clinical Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Northwestern University. He was the Resident of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Columbus Hospital, Chicago, from 1977 to 1980 where he rose to become the Chief Resident. From 1974 to 1976 he was the Primary Health Care Physician at the Baptist Medical Centre, Nalerigu. Dr Mahama's pre-professional educational background shows that he attended the Nalerigu Primary and Middle School from 1953 to 1959, Tamale Secondary School from 1961 to 1965 and the University of Ghana from 1965 to 1972 where he was awarded the MB, Ch B Degree. He is currently the President and Medical Director of Superior Medical Centre in Accra, Lecturer and Consultant of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He is married to Comfort, an American pharmacist, who was born on November 24, 1954. |
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Reformed Patriotic Democratic (RPD) |
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| Candidate for president: Mr Kwabena Adjei | |
| The RPD has formulated several aims and objectives, focusing on increasing welfare, managing the economy of the country, increasing wealth among the country, ensuring free movement in the sub-region, well balanced development of agriculture, and industry and providing an education system. | |
| www.rpdghana.org | |
Democratic People's Party (DPP) |
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| Candidate for president: Thomas Nuako Ward-Brew | |
| The Democratic People's Party is a Ghanaian political party formed in 1992 after the ban on political party activity was lifted by the Provisional National Defence Council government of Ghana. They follow the Nkrumahist tradition. Their common presidential candidate was Jerry Rawlings of the NDC. This alliance continued through the 1996 elections with the party not fielding its own candidates. The party however started fielding its own presidential and parliamentary candidates since the December 2000 elections but has won no seats in parliament. | |
| www.rpdghana.org | |
New Vision Party (NVP) |
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| The New Vision Party (NVP) elected its flag bearer and party executive at its first national delegates congress at Odorkor in Accra last Saturday. Prophet Daniel Nkansah, the founder of the NVP, and the other 34 national executive members were elected unopposed in an election supervised by Mr Amadu Suley, Director of Research and Administration of the Electoral Commission (EC). After his election, Prophet Nkansah said: "Something strange will happen in 2008; it will be extraordinary, God has something good for Ghana but the leaders have no vision. God will bless Ghana through me." | |
National Democratic Congress (NDC) |
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| Candidate for president: Prof. John Evans Atta Mills | |
| The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by former President Jerry Rawlings, who first came to power in a coup d'etat in 1979, remaining President for 19 years (31/12/1981-7/01/2001). The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 which returned Rawlings to power. Rawlings' second term ended in 2001. | |
| www.ndc.org.gh:8080/ndc/home.do | |
Convention People’s Party (CPP) |
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| Candidate for president: Papa Kwesi Nduom | |
| The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana, based on the ideas of former President Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in 1949 by Kwame Nkrumah to campaign for independence and ruled from 1957 to 1966. During the latter part of the CPP rule, the constitution was changed to make it the only legal party in Ghana, making the nation a one-party state. The party was banned after the February 24, 1966 coup d'état. Parties following in its tradition have used various names. | |
| www.cppuk.org | |
Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) |
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| Candidate for president: Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi | |
| The formation of the party, in 2006, was first announced by Dr. Obed Asamoah, former chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This follows a split between a Rawlings faction and a Asamoah faction within the NDC. The founding members include former leading members of the NDC such as Dr. Obed Asamoah, immediate past chairman of the NDC and also a former Attorney General and Foreign minister in the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) and NDC governments among others. There are other founding members from the Nkrumahist tradition as well. The aim of DFP is to establish an organization of free thinkers determined to promote internal party democracy, to sustain democracy nationally and to promote the welfare of the masses. | |
| www.votedfp.org/dfp/ | |
Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) |
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| At the last elections, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, that won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, candidate of the Grand Coalition won 1.9% of the vote in the presidential elections. |
Ghana National Party (GNP) |
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| Candidate for president: Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi | |
| The GNP wants to practice real democracy whereby the government involves the ordinary people who walk the streets of Ghana and experience what any Ghanaian feels, thinks and says about daily lives. This means the Government of the Ghana National Party will be ordinary, simple to approach and speak the language that is understandable by all Ghanaians irrespective of where you come from or live. This is what makes us different from the traditional parties. We are here to listen and to apply the accumulated knowledge of our own honest people to change our society for the betterment of Ghanaians. | |
| www.natlparty.com | |
Independent candidate for president ship |
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| Candidate for president: Kwesi Amoafo-Yeboah | |
| Mr Kwasi Amoafo-Yeboah is an electrical engineer, who has declared his intention to contest the upcoming presidential election as an independent candidate. According to him, it is the responsibility of the government to provide an enabling environment for the people to take care of themselves adding that that is the sort of government he would provide Ghanaians if he became the president. He said; “At this point in the growth of our young democracy, I believe we need neutrality at the top to help harness the power of our collective brain power to concentrate it on solving the crucial problems facing our nation. This is something only an independent President can do. As an independent with no party affiliation, I will be free to select from the very best talent available from all sides of the political divide to form a competent non-partisan government that will drive the interest of all Ghanaians at the same time instead of just the interest of a few party members. I believe that the problems facing our nation can be encapsulated in two words: The Economy. If we get the economy right everything else will fall in place.” | |
| www.kwesiforghana.com | |
